Caos calmo (Quiet Chaos)

These opening sequences of overt drama are paradoxical;....The film depends on Moretti, who conveys the quiet chaos in Pietro with daily occurrences, not grand emotional moments.....Nanni Moretti, treasured in Europe, is scarcely known in the United States.....Moretti's writing and directing and acting are not only celebrated in Italy, they have prospered elsewhere..... ... Full Review

Quiet Chaos will not disappoint art-house audiences that have come to appreciate Moretti's trademark irony....It therefore seems like watching a family member having sex, and rough sex at that, which makes the scene all the more perplexing..... ... Full Review

Moretti's confused character deals with his grief by isolating himself from the rest of the world.....Grimaldi's sensitive direction, allied to a subtle score by Paolo Buonvino, sharp script.... ... Full Review

It's a thoughtful film with themes that linger.....Nanni Moretti is practiced in grief as a subject for cinema;....Both Nanni Moretti and Alessandro Gassman as his brother deliver rounded, engaging and satisfying characters, whose relationship is a crucial part of the film's texture.....Antonio Luigi Grimaldi elicits great performances from all his cast, including Yoshimi, who delivers a warm and credible performance as the little girl who learns at school....the screenplay subtly explores how Pietro's resp ... Full Review

But Antonio Grimaldi's film (which is based on a best-selling novel) suffers by the comparison..... ... Full Review

Moretti is noted in Italy for helping young directors. The director of Quiet Chaos , Antonello Grimaldi, is hardly a newcomer--he has been making films for twenty years--but I would hazard that Moretti saw gifts in him that were not... ... Full Article

The wanton slaughter of mothers and the consequent struggles of grieving single dads has been an epidemic in Hollywood for a long time, and not only in movies starring John Cusack . ... Full Article

What in the world ails Italian writer/actor/director Nanni Moretti , who made the wonderfully spry and funny Dear Diary (1993), then took a wrong turn with the tear-jerking The Son's Room (2001) and other trifles? ... Full Article

Julie Rigg Nanni Moretti plays Pietro, a business executive who, on the beach one morning with his pop star brother, played by Alessandro Gassman, sees a young woman drowning and saves her life. ... Full Article

This undeniably involving, yet understated Italian drama works wonders when you least expect it. The premise of Quiet Chaos reads like the perfect blueprint for a mawkish weepie. ... Full Article

QUIET chaos is the state in which Pietro Paladini finds himself after the sudden death of his wife, Lara. He's becalmed, unable to grieve or get on with his life. ... Full Article